Mastering Time Management: How HR Outsourcing Empowers Business Owners

Spencer Wilson
Mastering Time Management: How HR Outsourcing Empowers Business Owners

Juggling HR tasks and business growth is tough. This post explores how outsourcing HR can help you regain time for strategic endeavors. Small business owners often find themselves stretched thin, balancing various responsibilities to ensure their company thrives. Managing the workforce, handling payroll, and staying compliant with ever-changing employment laws can be overwhelming. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the challenges of time allocation for business owners and how outsourcing HR can empower you to focus on growing your business.

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Demystifying Benefits Administration: A Business Owner’s Handbook

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Demystifying Benefits Administration: A Business Owner's Handbook

Effective benefits administration is a cornerstone of HR and payroll management, playing a pivotal role in nurturing employee satisfaction and overall well-being. In this informative guide, we will demystify benefits administration for business owners, emphasizing its critical importance for your business. Whether you’re a small or medium-sized business owner seeking to revamp your employee benefits program or streamline your existing process, this post is your resource for mastering benefits administration.

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Strategic Hiring: A Comprehensive Guide for Small Businesses

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Strategic Hiring: A Comprehensive Guide for Small Businesses

Hiring the right talent is crucial for growth. This post will guide you through the entire hiring process and how expert HR support can optimize your strategy. In today’s competitive business landscape, your team is your most valuable asset, and recruiting the best talent can make all the difference. From attracting top talent to elevating the onboarding process, this comprehensive guide will show you the way to successful hiring.

The Art of Attracting and Selecting Top Talent

Small businesses often face unique challenges when it comes to attracting and selecting top talent. You might not have the same resources or brand recognition as larger corporations, but that doesn’t mean you can’t compete for the best candidates. Here’s what you’ll discover in this section:

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Podcast (Clip): Open Enrollment Tips

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Check out this snippet from our HR podcast, where Jason guides us through a series of tips to help you maximize your open enrollment strategy. Given the challenging landscape of plan renewals, we highlight the importance of effective communication, especially when significant changes and rising costs are involved.

Tune in to the full podcast with Rob, Scott, and Jason here: WFH Survey Insights & Open Enrollment Tips

Podcast: WFH Survey Insights & Open Enrollment Tips

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Welcome to this month’s HR podcast with Rob, Scott, and Jason. In this episode, we review the findings from our Work from Home survey, where we surveyed 3,000 business owners from a variety of states (click here for a copy of the survey results). We discuss the shifting landscape of office space, examine the future of remote work practices, and look at the impact on productivity and profitability.

Next, we dive into open enrollment season, where Jason guides us through a series of tips to help you maximize your open enrollment strategy. Given the challenging landscape of plan renewals, we highlight the importance of effective communication, especially when significant changes and rising costs are involved.

Contact us for open enrollment guidance, work-from-home insights, or future topic suggestions – we’re here to help: hr@employco.com

Podcast: WFH Survey Insights & Open Enrollment Tips

SEMINAR SLIDES: Avoiding HR and Legal Problems

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Seminar Slides

Employco USA and Tuckey Law, in collaboration with Food Industry News, provided a free HR and legal seminar for registered guests at Employco’s corporate office in Westmont, IL. Thank you to everyone who was able to join and participate!

We understand the importance of staying informed and up-to-date on HR policies, legal matters, and industry challenges. To help, we would like to provide everyone with a copy of the presentation slides from the event. These slides cover a wide range of important HR and legal topics, including compliance, sexual harassment prevention training, interview best practices, Form I-9 updates, and more.

If you have any further questions, require additional information, or would like to discuss any specific topics in more detail, please do not hesitate to reach out. We’re here to help!

SLIDES: Enter your email below to download a copy of the presentation slides.

HR Chat w/Employco USA: Navigating Halloween in the Workplace

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Join Rob and Jason in this HR Chat as they provide valuable insights on how to approach Halloween in the workplace, ensuring it’s a fun and inclusive experience for all. They discuss creating guidelines for costumes and workspace decorations, share some essential do’s and don’ts, and emphasize the importance of making participation optional.

Let us know if you have any questions or future topic suggestions.

HR Newsletter: State Legislative Updates

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HR Newsletter: State Legislative Updates

California Extends Reach of Prohibition Against Restrictive Covenants – On Sept. 1, 2023, California adopted Senate Bill (SB) 699 and expanded noncompete employee protections by declaring that noncompete agreements that restrain individuals from engaging in a lawful occupation are void, regardless of where and when the contract was signed. SB 699 becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2024. Read more: California Legal Update

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HR Newsletter: EEO-1 Reporting

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HR Newsletter: EEO-1 Reporting

The EEO-1 Report is a federally mandated survey that collects workforce data categorized by race, ethnicity, sex, and job category. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII), employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors must report this data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by March 31 every year.

However, the collection of this data from 2022 has been delayed. The EEOC expects to open the portal for employers to begin entering 2022 information on Oct. 31, 2023. The deadline for employers to complete their submissions of 2022 information is Dec. 5, 2023.

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HR Newsletter: Compensating Employees for Training and Travel Time

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HR Newsletter: Compensating Employees for Training and Travel Time

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to compensate their non-exempt (hourly) employees for all hours of work. To comply with this requirement, employers must keep track of the number of compensable hours employees work during a workweek.

Time in Training, Meetings, and Lectures – In general, employee attendance to lectures, meetings, training programs, and similar activities is considered compensable time unless all of the following are true:

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